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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

JAMES L. CABELL, M. D., M. A., LL. D., Professor of Physiology and Surgery.

WILLIAM B. TOWLES, M. D., M. A., Acting Prof. of Anatomy and Materia Medica.

JAMES F. HARRISON, M. D., Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics, etc.

J. W. MALLET, M. D., Ph. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.

DOUGLAS TARDY, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.

The Medical Department of the University aims at thorough work in
its special province, to wit: the instruction of the student in the principles
of medicine, and his discipline in the modes of acquiring and applying
knowledge Thus, whilst the only solid foundation of professional
attainments is laid, the mental faculties are expanded and strengthened
for that growth in knowledge, usefulness and distinction to which every
one who enlists in an honorable and responsible profession should aspire.
The organization and arrangements by which these aims are successfully
accomplished may be briefly stated as follows:

ARRANGEMENT OF STUDIES.

The length of the session (nine months) renders it practicable and convenient
to distribute the subjects of instruction among a smaller number
of Professors than in other medical schools of the United States, whose
sessions are only four or five months long. This distribution brings the
different subjects to the attention of the student in their natural and successive
order. The arrangement of the lectures is such that he acquires
a competent knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry before
he enters upon the study of the principles and practice of Medicine and
Surgery, which can only be studied properly in the light of the former.
The instruction in Materia Medica and Pharmacy is also given in due
relation to the progress of the student in chemistry.

SCHOOL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND SURGERY.

Prof. Cabell.

Text-books:—Yeo's Manual of Physiology; "Human Physiology," by Henry Power,
(American edition); Wilson's Manual of Hygiene and Sanitary Science, fifth edition,
1884; Ashurst's Surgery; Klein's Histology. For occasional reference: Foster's Physiology;
Green's Pathology; Ranney's Surgical Diagnosis.

SCHOOL OF ANATOMY AND MATERIA MEDICA.

Prof. Towles.

Text-books:—Wilson's or Gray's Anatomy; Farquharson's or Biddle's or Bartholow's
Materia Medica.

N. B.—This School furnishes every facility for the study of Practical
Anatomy that can be found in similar institutions elsewhere. Adequate
provision is made for the supply of subjects, and each student has the
opportunity, by actual dissection under the guidance of Doctor Towles,
Demonstrator of Anatomy, of acquiring a practical knowledge of the
structure of the human body in all its parts.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, OBSTETRICS, AND MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.

Prof. Harrison.

Text-books:—Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence (last edition); Playfair's Midwifery (last
edition); Roberts' Practice of Medicine (last edition); Hartshorne's Essentials.

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.

Prof. Mallet.

For the course in General Chemistry, see page 32. Throughout the
course the attention of medical students is particularly drawn to the
physiological, medical and sanitary relations of the subject.

Text-book:—Fownes's Chemistry.

N. B.—In addition to the above, two special courses of instruction
will be given by the Professor of Analytical Chemistry, as follows:

1st, Twelve lessons in practical pharmaceutical manipulations, free of
extra charge for tuition to members of the regular medical class who desire
to take it, and engage to attend throughout the course. For the
charge for material consumed, see page 53.

2nd, Sixteen lessons in the practical applications of Chemistry to

Medicine; as, the detection of poisons, chemical and microscopical examination
of animal products, urine, blood, etc. For fees, see page 52.

Neither of these special courses is required for the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. A satisfactory examination upon the former course and payment
of the tuition fee is required for the Proficiency in Pharmacy.

APPARATUS AND ILLUSTRATION.

The equipment of the Medical Department in apparatus, specimens
and drawings is extensive and excellent. The collection of paintings for
the illustration of the lectures on Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery,
several hundred in number, is unusually good.

LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS.

Favored as the student is in the comprehensiveness, scientific basis
and order of his studies, he is not less favored by arrangements which
give ample time for the preparation of every lecture, and address motives
to him for such preparation. Each Professor gives three regular lectures
a week, with occasional extra lectures, making the average weekly aggregate
not over fourteen, or a little more than two a day. The student,
therefore, is not over-burdened with lecture-room attendance. He has
time for study in his private room, to consult books, and compare their
teachings with the oral instructions of his Professor, and to digest and
systematize his acquisitions from both sources. The daily examinations
which precede every lecture supply the stimulus to regular and active
study, serve as summary reviews of what he has already heard or read,
and as correctives of any misconceptions he may have fallen into in his
hearing or reading. The daily examinations constitute a very valuable
part of the exercises of the Institution, and are taken into account in
determining the fitness of a student for graduation.

DEGREE.

The degree of Doctor of Medicine is conferred upon such students as
prove their fitness for the same by rigid and searching examination. It
has ever been the policy of the Institution to make its honors testimonials
of merit, and not merely certificates of attendance on a prescribed
course of instruction. (See p. 51.)

EXPENSES.

The expenses of a medical student are from $301 to $363 a session.